Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
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- Pete Hegseth announced that Elon Musk will co-lead Project Meridian, a government project to study future warfare, with Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich.
- The project aims to identify capabilities for 'absolute technological dominance' on next-generation battlefields, running for 120 days and producing a public report.
- Musk's return to government comes over a year after his controversial leadership of Doge, and follows a reconciliation with the Trump administration.
- Project Meridian is less time-consuming than Doge and will explore new military technologies and operations in terrains like subterranean areas and the moon.
- The project highlights advances in AI, autonomy, directed energy, robotics, and biotechnology as key to future warfare.
- Musk and Luckey have significant defense contracts, raising questions about their independence; Gingrich has a history of warning about electromagnetic pulse threats.